Bill Text: NY A04147 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires that judges in criminal trials are admitted to practice law within the state.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to judiciary [A04147 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A04147-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4147 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 1, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABINANTI, GRIFFIN, GALEF, WALKER, JOYNER, GOTT- FRIED, J. D. RIVERA, McDONOUGH, DICKENS -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, DINOWITZ, HYNDMAN, SIMON -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to requiring that judges in criminal trials are admitted to practice law within the state The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The judiciary law is amended by adding a new section 9 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 9. Qualifications and restrictions of judges. No person, other than 4 one who holds such office at the effective date of this section, shall 5 preside over a criminal trial unless he or she has been admitted to 6 practice law in this state. 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00903-01-1